Clean Brushes with Hot Vinegar

I pinned this a while ago from This Old House, but had yet to try it out until last week.  I wasn’t going to post about it until I was sure it worked. Because let’s face it, hot vinegar? 
Who would of thunk it. 

So I took a pot full of vinegar and brought it to an almost boil on the stove.  You could probably use a microwave as well.  Then I poured it into a canister I had and let the brushes soak for about 15 minutes.  

This is a brush that had been sitting outside for a while caked in paint. 

And here is is after about 15 minutes.  Probably should let it soak for at least 30 minutes.

I also tried it with a brush I used for stain and it didn’t work as well, nor did it work for the wood finish.

But this is a very cheap and environment friendly way to clean paint off your brushes!

Bin Pull Dresser

~SOLD~

It’s a cold, blustery day here in Atlanta, and I was unable to move this monster into my house.  So I had to stage it outdoors.  This was fun.

With Christmas coming it’s getting harder to finish projects, but I’m finally done with this one and think it turned out great.  Considering it went from   hot, chunky, 80’s mess~to soft, delicate, welcome to this century….
The top was badly scratched so I had to sand it down and re-stain it.

I really like the separation of the dark wood going through the middle.  This piece would be perfect for any bedroom.  Or even serve as a buffet for a dining room.

Link Parties

Primitive and Proper

The Sasse Life
Fingerprints on the Fridge 
Alchemy Fine Living

DIY Wreath

This wreath was practically free to me.  The only money I spent was about $2 for the 18” wire wreath frame.  I clipped the branches off the evergreens around my neighborhood.  And I had the burlap on hand.  I’ve been seeing these simple, beautiful wreaths all over the place and figured I could make one just as easy.

First, I gathered different sizes of branches from the trees.  If you don’t have any trees around to clip from, a lot of Christmas tree farms will give away the clippings for free.

I used some flower tape and the wreath frame to begin placing my branches

I went around the whole frame, tucking and taping the branches the way I wanted them.  It took me a total 15 minutes I tell ya!  Easiest project ever!

Wrapped some burlap around the top and tied a bow.

Brought in a mirror from my dining room and all the other decor I already had.  Total cost of my Christmas mantel this year, roughly $2.

I hope this inspires you to decorate using existing items around your home, instead of spending unnecessary moolah on new stuff.

Link Parties

The Sasse life
Fireflies and Jellybeans

Winner of the Shower Curtain!

According to Random.org the winner of the vintage shower curtain I made is

Comment #4

Andrea!

Andrea said...

I'm a follower and I love the shower curtain!

November 16, 2011 8:06 PM

Congrats girl!  I will be sending it in the mail promptly.

Vintage Sheet Shower Curtain Give Away!

Thank you all who have been there supporting me and sticking around while I’m still adjusting to balancing my new life with two babies.  Unfortunately sometimes the blog and my work suffer, but I’m still here and continue to slowly work on new pieces.

On to the give away…

When I had the idea to make a shower curtain from a bed sheet, I got two sheets that I liked to see which one would work best. 

I made this one first, a fun vintagy floral pattern.

                                                                 

But ultimately I settled on the second one I made, because it went better with the bathroom.

So now this other one is just sitting and waiting to be used,  and I thought a reader might be interested in it.   If you would like to have this for your bathroom shower, please leave me a comment and be a follower.  (USA only please).

It’s a standard size shower curtain, not absolutely perfect, but looks fine once hung.  It has button holes at the top.

The give away will go until Monday November 21st

Antique Wardrobe

~SOLD~
This piece came from an impromptu yard sale a few weeks back.  While driving down the road I saw the sign in the yard and did the drive by thing where you go reeeeealy slow and see if the people have any furniture.  You know you do it too.  How excited was I when I saw this piece near the end of the drive way.

I must add that it was near the end of the day and they were starting to pack up.  I grinded to a halt and jumped out of the car asking how much they wanted for it.

From the looks of the picture it appears as if I did a crazy thing by painting this beautiful wood. But in reality the wood was in bad shape and needed serious cleaning. 

Here’s the After  

 









It was extremely difficult to get a good picture of what this color look like in real life.  It’s Wythe Blue by Benjamin Moore.

i Love the original hardware!

This is the truest pic I could get of the color.

Link Parties~

Finding Fabulous

Fingerprints on the Fridge
Miss Mustard Seed
I heart Naptime

Bathroom Vanity Re-do

I’ve been making a lot of progress on my girls bathroom re-do.  I’ve finished painting the walls, hung the shower curtain and painted the vanity.  Next I would like to put a frame around the mirror and hang some new pictures. 

Here is the vanity before

I added some bead board wallpaper into the middle of the cabinet doors to give a more custom look.
I got it from here 

Pink knobs from Hob Lob

I also did the side as well.

I need some advice as to whether or not to spray paint the hinges.  I was thinking of a nickel color?

Full reveal of the bathroom soon to come!

Link Parties~

The Sasse Life

Primitive and Proper
Someday Crafts 
Miss Mustard Seed
Finding Fabulous
Fingerprints on the Fridge 
I heart naptime

Winner of the Poster Print!

Between having a whiny, sick 2 year old and painting the bathroom, and all the other stuff I had to do today.  I finally got to the winner of the give away.

I went to Random.org and entered in all 8 of the comments :)  And it generated this~

 

The winner is Comment #1 Cassie!!!

“True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 1”

(This is all I could copy and paste from the site)

 

Yay Cassie!!

hoooray!

Vintage Sheet Turned Shower Curtain

I’m redecorating my girls bathroom.  It’s been the same since we moved in 4 years ago, and I wanted something a little more girly and sweet.  I’m not quite finished yet, but I did whip up this cool vintage sheet into a shower curtain.

I really love the look of the Shabby Chic shower curtains, but not the price tag.  And if you’ve ever look at and felt them, they almost look and feel like an old bed sheet.  Soft and worn.  So in my mind I thought “I can go to the thrift store find an old sheet and make one!”

And that’s just what I did.

  Do you see the blue color on the wall?  That’s the new color, I’ve been a little under the weather the past few days so haven’t been able to finish.  But today I’m feeling better, maybe do a little work in there.  Also painting the cabinets and getting new hardware for them.

Final reveal soon to come :)

Total cost: $3 compared to $29.99 for the Shabby Chic one.

If you have a sewing machine, this is pretty easy to do.  

I lined up the new one with the old one, pinned and cut it the same size.  Then sewed up the rough edges, and sewed some button holes at the top.  I didn't even know I had this feature on my machine but I figured it out and made them then cut them out.  You could also use some grommets.

And there you have it!


Link Parties
The Sasse Life
Remodelaholic 
Fingerprints on the Fridge 
Someday Crafts

400 Followers Give Away!

First I want to say thank you to all of you who follow along with my little ol' blog.  It has been so much fun getting to know some of you.

 I have reached 400 followers recently and I wanted to reward one of you with a cool gift.  A poster print of your own photo from uprinting.com

Poster Printing is one of the sought after service in the Online Printing industry. It offers photo enlargements for the artistic and crafty customers.

One (1) Winner will receive a 18”x24” Poster Print

Semi gloss OR high gloss

1 business day print turnaround time *Free Shipping

Restriction: Limited to *US residents 18 years old and above only.

Here's how to enter- 

(Optional)

1)   I would love for you to follow along on my blog :)

or

2) like/follow UPrinting on Facebook and Twitter or sign up on GiveawayBlogs.com

or

3) Leave me a comment telling me what photo you would have enlarged if you win.

The contest will start today and end Oct 27th. 

 

This giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, no monetary compensation was given and I will receive a poster for hosting.